Fish-trap.



no. 879,136. BATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

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FISH TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1907.

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JOHN W. ANGEL, OF RISING STAR, TEXAS.

FISH-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed June 27 1907- Serial No. 381.107.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ANGEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rising Star, in the county of Eastland and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Traps; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fish traps.

The object of the invention is to provide an im roved construction offish trap adapted to be baited to attract fish into the same, meansbeing rovided to revent any possibility of the fis getting under orlifting the door after passing into the trap.

With this object in view, the invention consists of certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangements of parts as willbe more fully described and particularly pointed out in the a pendedclaims.

In the accompanying rawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional View through a trap constructed in accordance with theinvention Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; andFig. 4 is a detail view of the grooved or recessed bar which receivesthe lower ends of the wires forming the doors of the trap.

Referring more particularly to the draw- -ings, 1 denotes the trap,which consists of a frame, 2, formed of suitable metal and covered onall sides by a wire screen or network, 3. The trap may be constructed topermit en trance at one or both ends, the same being shown in thepresent instance as having but one end open, the opposite end beingclosed by the wire netting, similar to the netting which covers thesides.

The open end of the trap is provided with a drop door 4,- which ishereshown and is preferably formed of a series of sections, each ofwhich consists of an upper cross bar, 5, hingedly connected to the uppercross bar of the forward end of the tra To the cross bars 5 are secureddownwardly and inwardly inclined wire rods or bars, 6, which are-s acedapart and. held in position near their lower ends by cross wires, 7,which prevent the bars 6 from being forced a art.

The door is forme of a plurality of sections to adapt the trap for usein catching both large or small fish or animals. A small fish or animalwill have sufficient strength to raise a single section of the door andenter the trap, while it would be unable to lift the door formed of asingle piece and of a size to fit an opening such as would be necessaryfor the entrance of large fish, and consequently, if the door were notmade in independently operable sections, no small game or fish could becaught. 5

The lower ends of the wires 7 drop onto a supporting bar 8, which isarranged transversely of the trap and is secured to the lower side ofthe frame, 2, some distance in from the forward open end of the trap,thus sup porting the door sections at an inward inclination. The bar 8has formed therein a longitudinally disposed, substantially shapedgroove or channel, 9, which is adapted to receive the lower ends of thewires, 6, thus effectually preventing the fish/from getting under theend of the bars and lifting the door sections. wardly projectingbait-holding rods or wires,

to attract the fish into the trap. In the top or one side of the trap isformed an opening adapted to be closed by a door, 12, to provide accessto the trap for the purpose of baiting the same, or removing thefishcaught therein.

While the trap is articularly adapted and is herein described or thepurpose of catching fish, it is obvious that the same may be used forcatching various kinds of animals and birds.

-10, upon which bait is adapted to be placed Arranged. in the trap arein Having thus fully described my invention,

what I 0 im as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

In a fish trap, a frame consisting of substantially square end piecesand connecting side ieces, a wire covering for the same, covering thesides and one end the other end being left open, a door for the open endconsisting of a plurality of sections each section comprising an uppercross bar and a plurality of downwardly and inwardly inclined Wire rodswith their ends rigidly fastened in said cross bar and rigidly held inparallelism by said cross bar and a supporting bar connecting said rodsnear their ends, staples fastened under an upper cross piece of theframe of sa1d open en staples in said cross bars hingedly connectingsaid door sections to said cross piece, a grooved bar lying transmy handin presence of two subscribing Witversely across the bottom, of the trapthe nesses.

roove thereof being ads ted to receive the l ower ends of said rods, 5nddiagonally dis- I JOHN ANGEL 5 posed bait holding rods connecting diago-WVitnesses:

nally opposite side pieces. ALBERT TYsoN, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set S11) W. SMITH.

